Beater for hog-scraping machines.



lW. GUSSENHVEN. BEATER FOR HUG SCRPING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.15,1909.

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BEA'IR FOR HO-SCRAPI'NG MACHINES Specification of Letters Patent.

lPatented Nov, 2, 1969.

Application tiled March 15, 1969. Serial No. 483,2295..

To all whom t may-concern:

Be it known that l, WALTER Gussnivrio- VEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aBeatei Ifor Hog-Scraping Machines, of which the Scrapers that whip the carcass and scrapethe bristles oi' of the same. Beaters so constructed seem to possess, to a much greater extent than when constructed in any other manner, those characteristics that make the machine a success, and are satisfactory in every respect except that of durability. Heretofore the life of these beaters has been very limited, owing to the sharp bends they are compelled to'.describe in order to automatically 'adapt themselves to scrape all parts of a large as `well as a small carcass while in transit past the saine.

The object of my invention is to provide a beater that Willnot, when in operation, have to bend or describe a very sharp curve and will therefore, not be liableto the severe breakin strain to whichit has heretofore been su ject, and will last twice tov three form of the saine. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a slightly modified form of the saine.

Fig. B is a side view of Fig. 1 when the beater is in a straight or flat position.

Referring to -Fi l of the drawings A.

' represents av suita le shaft, which is arranged in a plane .parallel and adjacent to.

thecarrier A(not shown) of a hog scraping machine, and B represents a bracket, one end portion of which is provided with a concave bearing surface or saddle a, which is rsecured to said shan A by means of a bolt `and nut Cg The bracket B is L-shaped', and the portion thereof connected to the saddle a projects tangentially to shaft A, and the outer portion of this bracket is bent at an angle, say, ninety degrees, to said tangential preferably bent to conform to 'a ive struck angular portion of the' bracket has one end of a beater D secured thereto which extends in a plane transverse to said shaft and consists of an elastic flexible strap or plate, the secured end of which is held against the outer surface of the outer portion of the bracket, by means of'a clamping-plate b, and rivets o that pass through said plate, beater and bracket substantially as 'shown in the more than twice as long as it is wide, and

' surface with Scrapers E and e, that consist of rectangular metal plates, two of which E, E, being so placed that they project beyond the outer end edge of the beater and have ltheir own outer edges bent slightly away from the shaft C. These Scrapers, E, are placed a slightdistance apart and a corresponding scraper e is secured to the beater back a Vdistance from its outer edge, rin a plane mediate Scrapers E, E, so as to follow after them and scrape the portions of the touched by Scrapers E, E,

` Iii Fig. 2 I show a slightly modied form of Amy invention in which two brackets B', B', are 'secured to shaft A at points diametrically opposite each other by a bolt and nut Cf'. The brackets B', B', have beaters D', D', secured thereto, and these beaters have Scrapers f and g secured to the outer endportion thereof, and these brackets, the beaters andscrapeisare constructed substantially the saine in every respect as the corresponding parts iii the preferred form shown in Fig. 1.

lThe beate'rsare generally made of very heavy baking, consisting oi: -a ten ply rubber and canvas ducking fabric, and when new said beaters are comparatively stiff 'and when bent are able to resume the position shown in dotted lines in Figs. l and 2 of the drawing. l/Vhen, however, these beaters c from the center of shaft A. "'lhis outer carcass that may pass between and not behave b'eeni'used for a while, their Contact portion, back opposite the shaft, and is .drawings rThis beater is, preferably, slightly its outer end portion is provided on its outer A the beater cracks.

with large and small carcasses of varying diameters, carried past them, bends them back from the direction in which they are revolved, and, sooner or later they acquire a permanent bend orA "setf7 and when in this condition it is subjected to a sharp bend, which injures the belting fabric, and cracks and breaks it at a pointadjacent to the eX- tremity ofthe bracket. -When this happens they become useless. Generally speaking, the beaters have heretofore been secured directly to the shaft, and it Will be observed that, in order to engage a large carcass, Whose dimensions are such that as it passes the beater it is within three 01 four inches of the shaft, the beater must take a very sharp bend, and it does not takeyery long before This short bend must in this instance be made Within the space betvyeen the circumference of the shaft and the carcass, While by my improvement `the curvature of the bend the beater Will have to describe under similar conditions will not be less than that of a circle struck from the center of the shaft Whose radius extends from said center to the surface of the carcass. When the beater is constructed in accordance With my invention, therefore, the elastic fabric does not acquire a set immediately,

but remains'elastic fora greater length ofV time and is not subjected to as great strain,` and the life therefore of the beater is much greater than those heretofore in use.

I do not wish to be confined to the exact shape of the means hereinbefore described for securing the ends ofthe beaters to the shaft, because it is obvious that these could be changed without departing from the y spirit of my invention.

What Il laim as new is:-

1. In a flog scraping machine thecombination with a shaft, of means suitably secured to sai shaft and having a portion bent in a direction opposite to the rotation of said shaft, and a beater one end of which is attached to said bent portion of said means and is provided with Scrapers at `its opposite free end.

'2. In a hog scraping machine the combination With a shaft, of a bracket suitably secured to saidshaft and having a portion bent in al directionopposite to the rotation of said shaft, and a beater one'end of Which is attached to the outer portion of said bracket and is provided with scrapers at its opposite free end.

3. In a hog scraping machine the combination with a shaft, of an L-shapedfarm orA bracket, one'member of which is secured to and projects from said shaft, and 'a flexible beater one endD of which is secured to the outer surface of the outer laterally bent portion of the bracket Which extends at an` angle to the poition thereof secured to the shaft.

4. In a hog scraping machine the combination with a shaft, of an Lsshaped bracket, one end of one portion of which is provided with a saddle having a concaved surface from which said bracket projects tangen-A at an angle to said first-mentioned portionat a suitable distance from said shaft, and a flexible beater one end of which is secured to said latter portion.

In a hog scraping machine the combination with a shaft, of a bracket one end of which is secured to said shaft'and the other end of which is turned in a direction o p0- site to the rotation ofsaid shaft, and a exible beater having one end secured to the outer end of said bracket. i

7. In a hog scraping machine the combi-V nation with a shaft, of a bracket one arm of which is secured to and projects taugen!- tially from said shaft and an arm extending one end secured. to the outer end of sai bracket.

9. In a nation with a shaft, of a bracket one arm of which is provided with a saddle port-ion having a concaved surface that is secured to said shaft, and an arm extending at an angle'to said first-mentioned arm at a suitable dishog scraping machine the combi-y tance from said shaft, and a flexible beater one end -of which issecured to said latter arm.

Y 10. In ahog scraping machine the combis nation With a. shaft,.of a bracket one arm of which projects-tangentially from said shaft and is provided With a saddle/portion hav# ing a concaved surface that is secured to said shaft, and an arm'extending at an angle to said'first-mentioncd arm at a suitable distance from said shaft, and a flexible beater one end of which is secured to said latter arm.

11. In a hog scraping machine the combination with ashaft, of a bracket `one arm of wnch is provided 'with a 'saddle portion having a eoncaved surface that is secured to said shaft, and an arm extending at right angles te said Hfst-mentioned arm at a suitable distance from said shaft, and a lexble beater one endof. which is's'ecured to Said latter arm.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this l() day of March, A. D., 1909.

WALTER' GUSSENHOYEN. [L s.) Witesses:

FRANK D. THoMAsoN, EDITH MARTIN. 

